Biography

Dominick J. Sawaya is an attorney at Everett Dorey specializing in civil litigation with an emphasis on construction defect, personal injury, employment, and commercial and business disputes.

Dominick earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from The University of Akron School of Law, where he also received a Certificate in Constitutional Law. During law school, he served as a Legal Fellow with the Constitutional Law Center, researching, writing, and editing constitutional law scholarship for publication in the ConLawNow Journal, and completed legal externships with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission and The University of Akron’s Office of the Title IX Deputy Coordinator. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from San Diego State University, where he was a Founding Father and Executive Vice President of Internal Affairs of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.

Since graduating from law school, Dominick has litigated complex civil cases from fact investigation through trial and post-trial, representing businesses, healthcare organizations, schools, and professionals in matters involving construction defect, motor vehicle accidents, personal injury, professional malpractice, employment disputes — including claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination under FEHA, as well as PAGA actions — and commercial and business disputes. He is well-versed in law and motion practice and oral argument, regularly appearing at depositions, mediations, and judicial hearings, and has drafted and argued numerous pleading-stage, discovery, dispositive, and ex parte motions. He has practiced extensively in the California Superior Courts for San Diego, Orange, Riverside, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino Counties, and in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Central Districts of California.

Outside the office, Dominick is an avid woodworker and cook, and enjoys fishing, hiking, and exploring the outdoors.

Admissions

California State Courts

United States District Court, Central District of California

Education

The University of Akron School of Law

Juris Doctor, cum laude; Certificate in Constitutional Law

San Diego State University

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

Contributing author and editor, ConLawNow Journal, Constitutional Law Center, The University of Akron School of Law (2020–2021)